In Henley v. DeVore, a federal court recently held that senatorial candidate Charles DeVore?s two
political advertisements featuring the songs "The Hope of November" and "All She Wants to Do Is Tax"
infringed Don Henley?s "The Boys of Summer" and "All She Wants to Do Is Dance," ruling against
DeVore?s fair use defense.

We reported last month that California ex-drug kingpin Ricky "Freeway" Ross was suing Miami rapper
Rick Ross, for, basically, creating brand confusion and preventing Freeway from profiting off his
own name and image.

We all wanted to grow up to be rock stars. And apparently rock stars wanted to grow up to be in the
movies. Some embarrass themselves and decide against quitting their day job. But others actually
aren’t half bad at the whole acting thing.

The live album, once an obligatory component of a band's discography and in some cases, a defining
work, doesn't seem as culturally prevalent as it did 35 years ago. Where's this generation's
"Frampton Comes Alive"?

Google is preparing to roll out a music download service tied to its search engine later this year,
followed by an online subscription service in 2011, according to people familiar with the Internet
giant's discussions with the music industry. Google's proposals are still vague, say these people,
and it's unclear whether it has struck any...

After a thorough pummeling by the music industry, peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software vendor
LimeWire Inc. will launch a subscription-based music service for consumers. While service to launch
this year, RIAA says it would still pursue lawsuit, injunction.

The history of "rock and roll," as a term, is fairly simple to tell, but the story of rock and roll,
the cultural phenomenon, is far more difficult to pin down, some would even say "impossible." Why?
Because music, especially this sort?rebellious, spontaneous, even, "dangerous"?resists the
conventions of historical timelines.